The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in collaboration with the IFRC and American Red Cross has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist RCRC National Societies and their partners to create effective city coalitions on community resilience, targeting climate smart resilience and coastal risk reduction in particular. The idea is that the RCRC National Societies would convene relevant partner organizations in lasting coalitions to focus citywide expertise, capabilities, and resources on priority risks facing vulnerable communities in the city. The coalitions are intended to complement existing urban governance processes led by local government and draw wider support from the business community, universities, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders into citywide civic engagement on community resilience.
"Coastal Cities face a high risk from increasingly costly flooding from sea level rise amid climate change. Their current defenses will not be enough as the water level rises."
By focusing on priority risks, the coalition can target those risks and threats of greatest concern. With the support of diverse coalition members, the coalitions can identify solutions and interventions to address the priority risks and bundle the solutions into local campaigns to engage local communities and link the efforts of individuals, households, businesses, community and local organization, and local governments.

The Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC) in collaboration with the IFRC and American Red Cross has received an award from USAID/OFDA to design and test a set of tools and services to assist RCRC National Societies and their partners to create effective city coalitions on community resilience, targeting climate smart resilience and coastal risk reduction in particular. The idea is that the RCRC National Societies would convene relevant partner organizations in lasting coalitions to focus citywide expertise, capabilities, and resources on priority risks facing vulnerable communities in the city. The coalitions are intended to complement existing urban governance processes led by local government and draw wider support from the business community, universities, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders into citywide civic engagement on community resilience.
"Coastal Cities face a high risk from increasingly costly flooding from sea level rise amid climate change. Their current defenses will not be enough as the water level rises."
By focusing on priority risks, the coalition can target those risks and threats of greatest concern. With the support of diverse coalition members, the coalitions can identify solutions and interventions to address the priority risks and bundle the solutions into local campaigns to engage local communities and link the efforts of individuals, households, businesses, community and local organization, and local governments.

Vanuatu’s National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk reduction (NAB) is the supreme policy making and advisory body for all disaster risk reduction and climate change programs, projects, initiatives and activities. The Board meets once every 2 months.
This is the 5th meeting this year

Green Climate Fund Readiness Program Summit Information Note
1.Climate Finance Background
Vanuatu is an archipelago of over 80 islands in the South Pacific, with an estimated population in 2016 of 270,402. As emphasized in Vanuatu’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA), Vanuatu is extremely vulnerable to climate change. It was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1993 and, with international support, has recently completed the development of a robust Vanuatu National Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction (CCDRR) policy. Given the country’s high susceptibility to the impacts of climate change, particular attention is paid to climate change adaptation.
In 2012, a National Advisory Board on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (NAB)[1] was established to act as the supreme authority on Vanuatu’s climate change programmes; the official advisory board for all climate change matters and mitigating the risks to natural disasters. It is responsible for the overall management and coordination of climate finance, including the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
The newly developed CCDRR Policy sets the policy framework for the implementation of the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Program, and outlines Vanuatu’s climate finance priorities including Implementing Entity accreditation with the Green Climate Fund.

The Ministry of Climate Change has been working hard the past few months to prepare for this year's climate talks. Now, with less than a month to go until the negotiations begin in Bonn, MOCC is inviting the public to attend a special COP23 Forum.
This Forum is an opportunity for people to hear about MOCC's work throughout 2017, to learn about the issues that will be negotiated at COP23, and to receive short updates on several key climate issues for Vanuatu. Most importantly, the Forum is a chance for the public to ask Vanuatu's national COP23 Delegation questions, and to share their own stories about living with and adapting to the impacts of climate change.
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cop23-public-forum-tickets-38717079828

Introduction to the EU-GIZ ACSE Programme
Climate change is already disproportionally affecting the islands of the Pacific. Although Pacific islanders have done little to contribute to the cause producing less than 0.03 per cent of current global greenhouse gas emissions, they are among the first to be exposed and the least able to respond. At the same time, despite efforts to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels and improve energy security, many Pacific Island Countries are dependent on almost 100 per cent of imported petroleum products for energy generation and transportation. Sustainable energy and climate change adaptation are therefore top priorities for Governments as expressed in regionally endorsed frameworks and national policies.
In response, the European Union (EU) is assisting fifteen Pacific ACP Island countries through a new regional Programme: Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) Programme funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF 10) Pacific regional envelope.
The objectives of the ACSE Programme are to enhance sustainable livelihoods in Pacific Island Countries, strengthen countries’ capacities to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change and enhance their energy security at the national, provincial and local/community levels.
The ACSE Programme has three components:
Component 1: the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Component (18.64 million Euros) which is administered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ);
Component 2: the Energy Catalytic Component (10 million Euros) which is jointly managed by the EU with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and New Zealand in selected PACPs; and

In Vanuatu, rural households have limited access to modern cooking fuels and technologies. The reliance on biomass (fuelwood or firewood) for household thermal energy needs is raised in the 2007 National Agriculture Census, which reports that out of the 33,879 households surveyed, 95% (32,096) of these households were gathering fuel wood every day for domestic use as well selling it in markets.
Through the updated National Energy Roadmap (NERM), the Government of Vanuatu wants to reinforce that modern-cooking fuels and technologies (including biogas generation at household and institutional scale) are an important form of energy use in Vanuatu, and an area where improvements are possible.Agriculture is a significant part of Vanuatu’s economy. Subsistence agriculture is the dominant source of livelihood for 80% of the country, whom live in rural areas. Although Vanuatu has good resources and ideal climatic conditions for generation of biogas, the technology has not really taken off in the country.
In light of the above, the Department of Energy (DoE) conducted a feasibility study to determine the availability of biomass resource at Onesua Presbyterian College. The college has been chosen as a pilot site for a biogas system, and the feasibility study calculated the biogas potential at the school and provided DoE with technical system design to help DoE construct a biogas system at the school.
The biogas system will be constructed with project funding under the EU-GIZ Adapting to Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (ACSE) project. This is the first major biogas installation in Vanuatu, and it will provide DoE with invaluable experience to help realise the potential of this resource. Hence, this document invites suitable contractors to submit their proposal to manufacture and assemble the biogas digester, install it on site, pilot the plant and facilitate training to beneficiaries.

The Department of Energy (DoE) is one of the Departments under the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation, Meteorology, Geo-hazards, Energy, Environment and National Disaster Management Office. Its mandate is vested in Vanuatu’s National Energy Roadmap (NERM) and the activities, policies, programs and projects implemented by the Department all contribute to achieving the policy priorities and targets stipulated in the NERM. DoE’s role is beyond policy and legislative development for an effective energy sector. As part of its ongoing responsibilities, the DoE also identifies, implements, manage and evaluate and monitors energy programs including projects hence the composition of its staffing resources are a reflection of this multitasking role.

Waste Management and Pollution Control is a priority for the Vanuatu government to help protect and conserve the natural environment for its today and tomorrow’s generation’s safety and success. This strategy is a huge milestone of establishment for the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) developed and aligned with the National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) and the National Environment Policy and Implementation Plan (NEPIP) 2016-2030 and the regional Cleaner Pacific 2025 strategy.

The limited size of Vanuatu’s good agricultural land requires that a sustainable development pathway for the agriculture sector be clearly mapped in an Agriculture Sector Policy to ensure maximum benefit, lasting utility and equitable distribution of outputs for the people of Vanuatu irrespective of socio-economic status or geographical location. The development process undertaken in putting together this policy has given due consideration to the expectations and aspirations outlined for Vanuatu in the Constitution, the Priorities & Action Agenda (PAA) for a just, healthy, wealthy and educated Vanuatu, the Planning Long Acting Short (PLAS) acknowledgement of agriculture as the country’s engine for economic growth and employment and global development frameworks including the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The final outcome of this policy reflects a national consensus on how this country aspires for its agriculture sector to develop and be sustained.

The Government of Vanuatu recognises that effective institutions and the inter-relationships between them are at the heart of its ability to respond to growing climate and disaster risks. To this end, a comprehensive analysis of climate and disaster risk governance is undertaken.
A critical precursor is the development of a risk profile for Vanuatu that identifies the key risks and vulnerabilities that Vanuatu's risk governance institutions must address. Currently there is no single, up-to-date and easily accessible document that summarises the major studies of risk undertaken to date.
This “Profile of risks from climate change and geohazards in Vanuatu” report describes the activities and results of the risk profiling

The Department of Strategic Policy, Planning and Aid Coordination (DSPPAC) in coordination with the Vanuatu National Statistics Office (VNSO) and other key government agencies are responsible for monitoring and evaluation of Vanuatu 2030 the National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) for 2016 – 2030. The necessary information for conducting NSDP Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) and completing the Annual Development Report (ADR), including alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is located in the M&E tables forming the backbone for this framework and which can be found in Annex 2. Additional information regarding SDG alignment with the NSDP M&E Framework is found Section 4.1.1. The information included in the tables is illustrated in Figure 1.
The NSDP M&E Framework is designed to complement Vanuatu 2030: The People’s Plan as well as the Final Technical Report on the National Sustainable Development Plan 2016 to 2030. The framework is results based, and is intended to serve as a guide for implementing, monitoring and reporting on the NSDP. A more detailed explanation of the critical elements of the NSDP M&E Framework are located in Section 3.1 of this document.